Football season is just around the corner with the Madisonville Mustangs’ varsity squad slated to open their season Aug. 27 against Diboll at MHS. The Mustangs will again compete in the extremely competitive District 10-4A (DII) with defending state champion Carthage, Jasper, Center, Rusk and Shepherd.

Dr. James Kenneth McNatt, Sr.

It is with great sorrow that the family of Lenda, born April 17, 1941, announce her passing on July 30, 2021. She is preceded in death by her parents Robert Edward Lee and Louise Kemp Simon. She will be remembered lovingly by her husband of 54 years, Ferney (FI) Lord, her children; Tracei Ramsden (David), Leigh Du-Roy (Edward), and Dana Kadaj (Eric), grand children; Elizabeth, Nicholas, Llewellyn, and Arabella. She also leaves behind her brother James Lee (Cathy) and his wonderful children and grandchildren. Her in-laws; Hugh Lord (Polly), Dorothy Jones (William), her niece, nephews and their children, whom she cherished. She also has numerous extended family. She loved us all fiercely and will be forever missed.

Doris Jo (Mize) Engelking; 80 of College Station, TX; passed away on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 in College Station, TX. Funeral services were scheduled for 2 p.m. on Sunday; August 1, 2021 at Day Funeral Home Chapel in Madisonville, TX with the burial following at Midway City Cemetery. Joel Douget and Loyd Harper will officiate. The visitation will be prior to the service beginning at noon on Sunday, also at Day Funeral Home Chapel.

Funeral services for Austin “Woody” Cole, 26, were held 2 p.m., July 29, 2021 at Iola Worship Center, Iola, Texas. Pastor Turner Yarborough officiated the service and interment followed in Wealthy Cemetery near Normangee, Texas.